Summer Reading: Active Reading and Comprehension Skills

Summer Reading: Active Reading and Comprehension Skills

Summer Reading: Active Reading and Comprehension Skills

Focuses on active and close reading skills—main idea, inference, author's purpose, story structure and figurative language—through passage-based practice and assessments.

Summer Reading: Active Reading and Comprehension Skills

Price

$19.74per class

$19.74

per week

Level
Beginner
Ages
9–12
Duration
45 min
Classes
1 / Week
Weeks
12

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Class Experience

This summer reading class strengthens comprehension by teaching active reading strategies and applying them to a variety of passages (informational, fiction, opinion, and curriculum-aligned nonfiction). Lessons introduce a skill, then students read short passages and answer questions to practice inference, main idea, author's purpose, text features, characterization, sequence and conflict, with assessments to track progress.

Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze relationships among people, events and ideas within passages

  • Make inferences and draw conclusions about plots, characters and ideas

  • Identify main ideas and supporting details

  • Determine author's purpose and point of view

  • Analyze how authors develop positions and respond to other viewpoints

Meet Your Instructor

Soumya Iyengar

Minecraft & History Educator

6+ Years

Teaching Experience

5000+

Students Taught

All age groups

Preferred Ages

A passionate educator who blends interactive game-based learning with history, helping kids build confidence while exploring cultures and civilizations through creative projects.

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